Monday, January 09, 2012

Sometimes things don't work out the way we planned. And sometimes that's a very good thing.

I came out to Los Angeles with the intention of putting in a couple of months of freelance work, then turning around and heading back to Miami. That was the plan. It's not anymore. Since arriving two weeks ago, the work and the opportunity have piled up exponentially, friends old and new have embraced my older-and-slightly-wiser ass, and I've felt a burst of energy and momentum that I haven't known in years. Bottom line: What started a couple of months ago with finally finding my footing after years of pain and depression has evolved into, believe it or not, a little happiness and honest-to-God optimism.

I've needed to get a life for quite a while -- and damn if I didn't find one in the last place I ever expected.

Huge mistake, Chez. There are no good proper jobs in Governor Moonbeam's den of evil--only endless nights of secular debauchery. When you fall on your face from an all-night unlimited sex-fueled heroin and coke binge, there's a 45-yr-old couch, with a cherry pie-filled TV tray and a Bible waiting for you here in Hattiesburg. God Bless, Bill

Read this this morning and have to say it was a great way to start the week. I'll echo what Matt said - if you're ever in the bay area I have a well stocked bar and a spectacular view of the Pacific. Cheers Chez, hope this feeling stays around a long long time.

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